Safety ring-tray.



G. B. FOWLER.

SAFETY RING TRAY.

Arrmouron FILED JULY 19.1909.

Patented mr. 9, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

l5 j@ 2da@ C. E. POWLER.

sum1 1mm TRAY. AYPLIUATIOI FILED JULY 10, 1908.

Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Chicago, in the county of Cook and Sta useful CHARLES r1.4 rowLEar PATENT OFFICE."

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'SAFETY nino-:rali i Specification ofLetters'Paitent.

Patented March 9, 71909.

Appueazionimea my 1o, 190s. sriainquase To alt whom u 'may co'ltcey'frt: 4

Be itknown that l, CHARLES E. Fowtnn,` a citizen of the United States, residing at` te d ofvlllinoishave invented certalnnew an of which the following is a specification@ This invention comprehends certain new and. useful im roveinents in ytrays of that type designed ordispla ing rings in jewelry wstores, and the obj-ect othe invention is an improved device of this charac-ter Vwhich ernl .bodies peculiar means for el'ectually secur- "ing'fthe rings Vinposition in the tray, thus protecting the jeweler -fromA theft by preventing an unscrupulousl customer from` `conveniently land secretly removin one of the rings from the tray when the sa e'smans back is-turned, and also relieving the ustomer from temptation byeliminating'the chances of successfully abstracting afring from thetray; And la Yfurtllerobjeot 'of the Vinvention is van improved tray from which 1H ossl ith these and other objects in View that f thefrings may be readily. and siI-nultaneousl)vl .released,' and which -is'- arranged to' --autoi matically sound an alarm Vupon the releasing of the rings, therebyr notifyingthe salesman of any attempted pllferfing, and thus render- 'ble the'apprehen'sionjof the thief.

V will ymore fully Vappear as the `description proceeds,- the invention consists in certain .constructions and arrangements of. they parts the appended claims.l :For a full understandingo that'l shall hereinafter-fully describe,v and then point out the novfel 4features.thereof in fthe invention andthe merits fthereof, and to. acquire-a -knowledge of the details-ol? construction, ,referenceis to :be had to the following descri .tion and accompanying drawings, fin whic t Figure 1` 'is atop planview of .my im-K l proved ringftrayf Witlr--the top off the tray partly brokenaway; Fig Zfis a longitudinal` section:- thereof on the line x:-1;:of'Fig. l; Fig. `3 isla perspective view with the top and locking .element removed 4 is aftrans- Verse section. on the line #lr-#4 olhlzilig.z lain-nd,

, Fig, ois a =detailfiew 'vin sectionf showing thex s Ian. noperative posit to ifi the followin .means i fon sustaining the:,lorkipgl member in lon. ,q j pl; v

d Lilie parts areirefered g! description, and; indicated inall the views: of lthedrawings by.l the samJ referencecharacters.' '5mn a f' Aly imwwali-t1er plaisant fmt -J i we udi'w lum .Unwin a? L'orrpspondlng an rom i,

Improvementsin Safety Ring-Trayst cross;

sides lendsA 2 3 "and a `topffl inouiitedwitliin the t'r'ay in s aced'relation `to tle bottoml v1 l andprcfe'rab ysupported uponloiigitudiiial 1 cleats 5'secu1'ed`to'-tlie opposing facs'of the 60 l sides'lZ The top '4; is 4 formed corlresponding longitudinal VIseries, of transverse slots 6 that are designed to receive and s'ii'p-'rf -port' the rings with a portion thereof eltteidingdownw'ardly ibelow the' loweriface'of'the 85 topjassh'own." `f` l j A locking meniber is slic'liligly` mountedV within the tray :between `the bottom IVl and?" `the top 4,"a'nd el'nbodies, in thepre'sent'instance, `a centrallydi'sposed"longitndinal bar 70 7, one end ofi which isfnormallyi heldin spaced relation to the adjacntfiend 'v of the tray, andftheffother endlof 1which' is reduced to forni a plungerv 8 iand outwiirdly facing shoulders. The' reduced lend ofthe bar 75 or plunger projectsv outwardly through an opening 10 1n the correspondingend 3, and the outwardly 'facing shoulders Q'oonstitiltec stops which are arranged to limit the' movement oftlielocking membbr in one-direction and which are ynormally' held-"against the adjacent end 3 hy means of contractile springs llseouredto the same and toothe bar.r The lockingl memberv also embodies a pluralit of chossf'bars 12 which are secured 85 `to :the on -itudinal fbar 7 near their mildle points, an whichgin the normal position of the locking member,y are Tpositioned ibo-low =and in spaced relation to t 1e corresponding slots 6 of the series7 hooks lfbeiugmigidly 90 'secu-redto the cross bats below the respective slots Gand normally 4eInzendingacres,sksuh l:l :hooks also facing the endet the tray-milton] i which the locking element; is; `normally spaced; Inorder to slidingly-supportf the; locking, member withinfthe tray andl ahoy@ l the bottomrlh-thecross bars' 131g instaat-,one 1 endupon a block-lndlich is ser-umd til-#211e le2 of. the tray spaced rclatiqlt'lv'tlw su y corresponding =cleat 5 wlrichI szoactsL )qitht f the latter to formv a longitudinal guideway in :which the cross.ba rs are mounted'. A corresponding, 11:5Z is carrimlfhliY the rsi at,1 thcirsotlter ends and lsrlgrdly secured, thereto, so as to. be#arrangedflgtoA i'rially,i 'with tluilockingIdoi i l move' Longitr amant.y x 1, *l t d sound the alarm upon releasing the rings? a heil lr|16 is mounted Within the tray ing upwardly from the bottom 1.

is arranged to be sounded by a transversely' A exte with a-ra and supported on a suitable post '17 'rojecthis bell disposed spring hammer 18 that is normally held with its head against the bell,`by means of a tension spring 19, and that is extended beyond its head, as shown, with its extended portion 20 mounted in a longitudinal slot 21 formed in the block- 1 5.' This slot is formed in its lower wall at an intermediate point with an olset portion that constitutes an outwardly facing shoulder 22 in front of which the extended end o'f the hammer is normally positioned, a'trip block 23 being secured to the bottom with one end inclined as indicated at 24, and positioned below the d portion of the hammer between the h ad of the same and the block, 15,

In he practical use of my improved safety tray, in order to release the rings' to permit their removal from the tray, the reduced end 8 or' plunger of the bar 7 is pressed so'as toV move the locking member within the tray against the tension of the contractile s rings 11, therebl obviously disengaging the ooks 13 from t e inwardly projecting. portions of the rings, and ermitting the same to be removed from t eir rs ective slots 6. The` movement of the loc gi member ymoves the block 15 longitudinally, as the latter is rigidly connected to the cross bars, and thu moves the shoulder 22 against the extends" lportion 20 of the hammer, to bear against the latter and retract the saine; The continued, movement ofthehammer causes its' extended portion, 20 to bear against and ride upwardly u on the inclined end. 24 of the tri block 3, thereby raising? thehammer an thus dise aging the extended'pcrtion from the shouler 22 t'o release the hammer and. ermitth'e same toxstijike the bell and soun .the alariru l f1 From the above descriptionJ in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be apparent that I ave provided a very simple, durable and efficient construction of ring tray --which embodies peculiar means for e'ectuall Asecuring the rings in cs tion therein, om which the rings may e conveniently and simultaneously released, -which automaticallysounds an alarm upon the releasing of the rings, so as to notify-the salesman of the same, and which consists o f comparatively few arts that may beeasily and cheaply lmanu actured and readily assembled. A

In another embodiment of the invention, as clearl illustrated in Fig. 5, the lplunger is forme separate from the locking ar and is rotatabl secured thereto and proyided dially extending pin 25 which' is adapted to be moved downwardly below the loc member upon the artial rotationof the p ungerA after the loc member 'has' been moved to assume an operatiye posi# plungen and thus affor automatically soundi .and a tripyblock secured tc the trai strike the bell.

tion, and which is arranged to abut` against or otherwise suitably engage with a kee erblock 26, so aste sustain the locking mem er in. such inoperative position without the necessity of continued ressure upon the d) the' salesmanf or clerk the use of both hands in filling the'ring tra to permit the same to be accomplished Wit the usual facility.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A safety tray adaptedto receive a ring, a locking element carried by the Vtray and arranged to engage the ring-tofsecure the same to the tray, means/for disengaging suchlocking element from'the ring, and means for i an al'arm uponthe disengagementof the ocking element.

2. A safety `tray adapted to receive a ring, a lookin element: carried by the tray and arrangeI to engage with the ring to secure the same t'o the tray, means for disengaging such flocking element from the ring, a bell carried by the tray, a hammer also carried by the tray and arranged to strike the bell,

Aand means for automatically retracting the hammcrand releasing the same upon the disengagement of the locking elementI from t e ring.

3. A safety .tray formed 4with a rin receiving opening, a locking element sll inglyl mounted within the tray across the opening; means fornioving the locking ela;

ment awayj'frm the opening, a bell carried by the'tray, a hammer also carried b the trayfand arrangefl/,fftbstrike the bell a lock rigid with th'lecisn'geeiment and forma` with a slot in whichtlie hammer is mointed, said slot being proyilled intermediate of its ends with a shouldereiranged to engage the hammer and retrdct the-same uponthe' movement of the locking'j'lerhent away from the opening, and means for releasing the hammer to permit the same to strike the bell.l

4. A safety tray formed with a ring-receiving opening, a locking element-slidingly 4mounted within the tray across the openingf," Vmeans for moving the locking element away from the opening, a bell carried by the tray, "aliammer also carried by the tray. and arranged to strike the bell,.a block rigid with the locking element and formed with a slot in which the hammer is mounted, said slot being rovided intermediate of its ends with a shou der arrangednto engage the hammer and retract the same upon the movement of the locking element away from the opening(i having an inclined end u on whic the hammer is designed to ri e, whereby to raise' the hammer and disengage the same from the shoulder to permit the hammer to 5. A safety tray -forinedwith a ring-rei ceivingopeningand' with'a second opening 'ico extending through nu? and theien'l', :a 10019 ing nwmbes shorter hm; Lim may md mmf :ly mmn'stw within hff @une with um: and nurlimflly sprngg-i'fssml against om im uf the tray, a 'pnngfm mmaily smzlvalei tu said end of the uuking mmnbor and projecting nuL'wanUy through me, spelling in the# @mi ci the tay, a, hook arriiad by this lacking memi ber and normaiiy extending across the ring receiving opemlng, :mid phm er being pma vided with pin, and a keper oek mounted within the tray and. arranged to be e aged by the pin to sustain the locking mem 1' in im inoperative position against; the tension Qi' theV spring. A

1n testimony whereuf I ax my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES E. FGVVLER. 

